PRESS INVITE
Press Invite
SUSTAINABLE SOLUTIONS: BONN TO HOST INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS, BUSINESS LEADERS AND ACTIVISTS AT THE WORLD’S FIRST PLAYABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE, 1 – 3 MARCH
FEATURING: LAUNCH OF THE UN SDG ACTION CAMPAIGN & GLOBAL CAMPAIGN CENTER IN BONN

Hundreds of leading thinkers, policy-makers, business leaders and civil society activists from over 80 countries will gather in Germany for the first ever Global Festival of Ideas for Sustainable Development, to chart new thinking and action on the world’s biggest challenges at the World Conference Center in Bonn, 1–3 March 2017.

PRESS INVITE OF THE UNITED NATIONS IN BONN: EU-UN media round table “The Future of Climate Policy” in Bonn

The Regional Office of the European Commission and the United Nations Climate Secretariat in Bonn invite to a joint Media round table on “The Future of Climate Policy” on 1 February, 2017 at the UN Campus in Bonn.

Can the UN climate change agreement be successfully implemented? What does the future hold after the US elections and after Marrakech? Will everyone come on board and has financing been secured? Is the EU fulfilling its pioneering role in international climate policy?

During the evening, Nick Nuttall, spokesperson for the UN Climate Secretariat, and Anna-Kaisa Itkonen, spokesperson for Climate Policy and Energy of the European Commission in Brussels, will be available for a background discussion on the full scope of international climate policy and the COP23-negotiations scheduled for November 6-17, 2017 in Bonn.

(Bonn, Germany - 15 December 2016) – The United Nations SDG Action Campaign, with the support of the Federal Government of Germany, offered a behind the scenes tour of the new Global Campaign Center in the historic Haus Carstanjen today. The Global Campaign Center is a strategic hub to deliver the UN SDG Action Campaign’s mandate to inspire people’s action on the Sustainable Development Goals; connect and amplify stakeholder efforts; aggregate citizen-generated data; showcase impact; share best practices; and incubate and test out innovative efforts around SDG implementation. The Center will strengthen the United Nations in Bonn as a hub for global sustainability. The interactive tour showcased the Campaign’s work including virtual reality film screenings, the new MY World 2030 survey to track progress of the SDGs, SDG photo exhibit and data analytics visualizations.

The Global Campaign Center of the United Nations SDG Action Campaign in Bonn is a strategic hub to deliver the Campaign’s mandate to inspire people’s action on the Sustainable Development Goals; connect and amplify stakeholder efforts; aggregate citizen-generated data; showcase impact; share best practices; and incubate and test out innovative efforts around SDG implementation. The Center will contribute to strengthen the presence of the United Nations in Bonn as a sustainable city.

We cordially invite you to a behind-the-scenes interactive press tour at the Global Campaign Center of the UN SDG Action Campaign featuring:

(Germany, Bonn, 12 October 2016) – On 13 and 14 October 2016, the United Nations Volunteers (UNV) Programme will host its second Partnerships Forum at the World Conference Center in Bonn. After the first Partnerships Forum held in 2014, the theme for this year’s Forum is 'Revitalizing Partnerships: Volunteerism for the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)'.

(6 October 2016, Bonn, Germany) With today’s Ground-breaking ceremony for the extension of the UN Campus in Bonn, the German federal government is sending a strong signal with respect to the further transformation of the federal city of Bonn into a UN location. The new structure, which is scheduled for completion by 2020, will be handed over to the United Nations along with the landmark buildings “Old Waterworks“ and “Pump House”. The new annex will serve not only the UN Climate Secretariat, but the world’s climate as well – the building will be constructed following best practices and applying passive-energy standards.

UNV and GIZ Landmark Conference to tackle question from October 9-12th in Bonn
The United Nations Volunteers (UNV) programme and the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ)―both members of the Forum for Volunteering in Development (Forum)―are jointly hosting the 2016 International Volunteering Cooperation Organizations conference (IVCO 2016) on the UN Campus in Bonn. About 200 participants are expected to join the event which will take place from October 9-12th and focus on the theme Increasing Resilience of Communities Through Volunteering.

After the inauguration of the United Nations System Staff College – Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development in Bonn in March 2016, the center is now inviting to its UN Summer Academy 2016, taking place for the first time in Bonn.

UNESCO to highlight vocational education for youth skills development in the era of sustainable development.UNESCO would like to invite you to join us in celebrating World Youth Skills Day on 15 July, following last year’s first global observation.

Precisely, 20 years ago today, the foundation was laid for the United Nations in Bonn to become a UN center for sustainable development. To mark the occasion, the UN in Bonn has launched a new website (unbonn.org) which captures the full spectrum of the work of the 18 agencies represented in the city and represents its first dynamic ‘shop window’ to the work and achievements of this flourishing centre for global sustainability.

The Federal Government of Germany and the United Nations Development Programme sign a Statement of Intent which signals the establishment of the Global Campaign Center of the UN SDG Action Campaign in Bonn.

In 2016, the family of United Nations Organizations celebrate their 20th anniversary in Bonn along with visiting UN Secretary general Ban Ki-moon. German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier has invited the Secretary General and the leaders of the UN in Bonn to participate in a panel discussion: “20 years of Bonn as a UN city – shaping a sustainable future in the light of volunteering”.

The family of United Nations agencies in Bonn, Germany, has grown bigger. Today the “Knowledge Centre for Sustainable Development” of the United Nations System Staff College (UNSSC) was officially inaugurated at the UN Campus Bonn.

New Sustainable Development Agenda - Leaving No One Behind: More than 150 world leaders are expected to attend the UN Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September at UN Headquarters in New York to formally adopt an ambitious new sustainable development agenda.

Following its slogan “Shaping a Sustainable Future”, the United Nations in Bonn supports governments and people to find answers and ways for a sustainable future on planet earth. Herewith it has a crucial share in the Sustainable Development Goals that have been adopted this weekend at the UN Headquarters in New York.

With the International Decade for Action ’Water for Life‘, 2005-2015, coming to an end, the UN-Water Decade Programme on Capacity Development (UNW-DPC), located in Bonn, will be closing in July 2015 in fulfillment of its mandate.

New York – Volunteers are playing a vital role in making governments worldwide more accountable and responsive to their citizens, but their potential is seriously under-valued, a new report from the United Nations Volunteers programme said today. The State of the World’s Volunteerism Report 2015 is the first global review of evidence around the contribution of volunteers...

More than 130 experts and participants from over 30 countries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and Latin America and the Caribbean, among them high-level representatives of the United Nations and German Astronaut Alexander Gerst, are convening in Bonn for the United Nations/Germany International Conference on Earth Observation.

The Thirteenth Session of the Committee for the Review of the Implementation of the Convention (CRIC13) will take place at the Wasserwerk, Pumpenhaus and Lange Eugen buildings, in Bonn, Germany, from 25-27 March 2015. It will be preceded by regional meetings to be held on 23-24 March 2015 aimed at preparing for CRIC 13.

On the eve of international women’s day, key players in Bonn today have launched the Gender@International Bonn network. The network promotes gender equality as a goal in its own right and as an enabler of sustainable development. It aims at mutual exchange and cooperation in the field of gender equality, in particular by offering a platform for internationally active stakeholders in Bonn.